Pakistan court upholds death penalty on blasphemy law reformer killer

(Photo: Courtesy Gatestone Institute)Shama Bibi (left) and Shahzad Masih, a Christian couple and parents of three children, were burned to death by a Muslim lynch mob in Pakistan because of a blasphemy accusation.

A Pakistani court has confirmed the death sentence of man convicted of murdering a politician who sought to reform the country's blasphemy law about four years ago.